With any player, but especially a quarterback, the amount of improvement from one year to the next is often substantial. Look at TCU last year, and the year before.
Talking about Mayfield's frequent picks two years ago and what to expect now, are likely to be way way different. He was the starting quarterback at Tech in 2013 as a true freshman coming out of high school without having even gone through spring practice. It might not be a night and day difference, but it's likely to be huge.
Not so sure that TK won't be the same. A lot of it will have to do with good health. If Shep AND Westbrook AND Andrews AND Mixon stay healthy this year, those will be four guys who can make any quarterback look really good. And Perine will have some space that he only saw in a few games last season. OUr receiving corps in 2014 was significantly sub par, and ridiculously bad after Sterling got hurt.
I think it will be a real possibility that we will have two receivers and two running backs who are college difference makers this season. You might say 2 1/2 receivers and 1 1/2 running backs.
This team might be sensational offensively. Might is a pretty large hedge, but there are very positive possibilities. We'll just see. I'm not counting on any of it. But I'm not counting out the possibility of greatness. I think we'll be okay at tackle, maybe even pretty good. How that turns out will be almost as important as the quarterbacks. The biggest problem with the latter, IMO, is that we're down to three. Makes me nervous.
I think it could be a great year. I think there is a chance we do what half the Sooner nation was predicting last season i.e. getting to the final four. Seriously.
I'm not betting the house on a national title. But I'm also not counting out the possibilities. This group will need a break or two, but the football gods owe us more than a few. This could be a great year, and a great year offensively.